I’ll admit, I had my reservations about raising pigs. Being a country girl from rural Ohio, I’ve grown up around hog farms. My uncle was a hog farmer for most of my life. My brother even raised a couple hogs for 4-H one year. The only things I really cared...

Well, I guess you could say my weekend started off with a bang. If you’re just tuning in, I’ve been stressing over one of our piglets who has/had a hernia. I was able to tape him up Friday, but the tape had come loose by the time we fed Saturday morning,...

In life, if you ever find yourself debating between becoming a farmer or a vet, become a vet. Yesterday was certainly one for the record books. One of our piglets was born with an inguinal hernia, which means the ligament that separates the abdominal cavity from the...

Two years ago, we made the decision to start breeding pigs. It started as an effort to be more self-sufficient. It didn’t make sense to keep buying piglets from various sources every 6 months. First of all, we were always worried that we wouldn’t be able...

Growing up, I always thought the egg color selection was limited to brown and white. Even then, I was convinced that white eggs were the only ones worth eating. I was convinced that brown eggs tasted “gross.” Now that I breed chickens, most of the eggs...

I have been pleasantly surprised by how much I have enjoyed owning ducks. My experience with ducks was extremely limited growing up. I had one neighbor who kept them, but they weren’t very friendly and he kept them locked in a horse stall their entire lives....

One of our goals here on the homestead is to preserve dual purpose, heritage breeds of chickens and ducks, more specifically Australorps, Barnevelders and Saxonies. We may expand to include other breeds in the future, but for now we have our hands full with these....

We started our foray into ducks two years ago. At that time, I was sold four ducklings which I was told were Buff ducks. However, as they grew, I came to realize that they did not match the breed description for Buffs. Instead, they more closely resembled Saxony...

Dogs, they say, do not have souls. They only have hide and bones. But I believe there is a coon dog heaven and Red is gone were the good coon dogs go. I’m so tired of loss. I’m tired of the pain and the guilt. I’m tired of the what ifs and the...

If you follow me on Facebook, you probably know that I lost one of my horses last Thursday night. It was sudden and unexpected, and I am heartbroken. We still don’t know cause of death, but the vet is running some tests. It’s been less than two years...

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